ORDER :

1. Learned advocate Ms. Pandya for learned advocate Ms. Kruti Shah has tendered draft amendment. The same is taken on record and granted. Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to carryout amendment forthwith.

2. By way of this petition, the petitioner has made multi-fold prayers. However, the principle grievance of the petitioner is that lease of the petitioner has not been renewed though the Joint Secretary, Industries and Mines Department passed an order on 19.06.2014 in favour of the present petitioner condoning the delay of 178 days and directing the Collector, Vadodara to initiate the procedure for approving the renewal of quarry lease as prayed for by the petitioner.

3.1 Learned advocate Ms. Shah submitted that in the year 2006, the petitioner was granted quarry lease of ordinary sand opposite survey no. 284 at the bank of Orsang River admeasuring 07-95-00 Hec. Are. Sq Mtr situated at Village-Jabugam, Taluka Bodeli, District Chhotaudepur, District Vadodara initially for a period of three years and pursuant to the aforesaid permission an agreement was executed on 23.04.2007. Thereafter, in the year 2010, further extension was granted to the petitioner for quarry